Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:09:49 09/20/99
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On September 20, 1999 at 16:03:35, Hristo wrote: >On September 20, 1999 at 10:38:33, Peter Herttrich wrote: > >>On September 19, 1999 at 17:16:11, Hristo wrote: >> >>>I started work on a new Interface for chess engines >>>for linux (only). Currently I'm working with only two >>>engines crafty (!) and one of my own. >>>The application is using the Qt libraries and I'm testing >>>it inder KDE, it is actualy called KChess. :))) >>>PLEASE let me know what type of features would you like >>>to see !!! The application will be absolutely free ... >>>but I would like to know up-front what to put in it !!! >>> >> >>It has to be better then xboard !?! Then u have a long way. >>It has to be different from xboard !?! No problem. But then >>for what? >>How about a co-operation with Tim Mann ? I think u can integrate >>some useful features into xboard. Read the TODO of xboard and >>u will find many points. Only IMHO. >>And if u need a new name: How abt K-Board? >>K-Chess is used (see other posting). >>cheerio >>Peter > >Thanks Peter. >K-Board it is .. :) >I'm mainly doing this because I'm tired of XBoard ... >it is not bad(!) and it has served many people for a >very long time, but it has bugs that drive me nuts. >I'll try to make K-Board(!) much more visual and easy >to configure. Plus some additional features, like full >pgn file support and building a database out of pgn files. >Also implement a server/client interfaces so one can easily >run two engines on two separate computers... > Xboard can do that (look for the -firstHost and -secondHost options in the documentation), and it is very easy, I have never had any problem using this feature. Not a server/client interface, but definitely allows you to run two engines on two computers. José. >hristo
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